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Subject: Re: The importance of tablebases with programs.. freeware vs commercial

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 17:41:17 06/07/02

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On June 07, 2002 at 14:36:45, Kevin Strickland wrote:

yes. checkout the games!

against p.conners i would have won or drawn instead of lose.
against nimzo i could even get an EGTB win and against shredder
it would have won instead of gone to insane stupid endgame which
was a draw!

i didn't even mention other games then!!

>On June 07, 2002 at 13:12:53, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>But it is hard facts that if i would have had in 1999 (februari) the
>>tablebases, that i would have won paderborn ipccc1999 tournament.
>>
>>Chance the EGTBs make the difference between winning a tournament or now
>>now in 2002 is way less.
>
>You are saying that if you had the tablebases in use in 1999 that you would have
>_won_ the event?
>
>Name:                  Points:             Refined:
>P.ConNerS               5.5                  27
>Nimzo98                 4.5                  30.5
>Patzer                  4.5                  28
>Shredder                4.5                  27
>Ikarus                  4.5                  27
>Diep                    4                    27.5
>SOS                     4                    21
>Gandalf                 3.5                  28
>Isichess                3.5                  20.5
>Neurologic              3                    22.5
>XXXXII                  3                    22.5
>Comet                   3                    19.5
>Gromit                  1.5                  20
>Diogenes                0                    22
>
>So you would have been able to find an extra 2 full points to take the
>tournament? How is that?
>
>I think to make that statement is utter horseshit. The games you LOST in the
>event were not due at all to tablebase use. I just looked at them. You LOST way
>before the endgame in both games. How would tbs at all helped you?
>
>Once again is this a situation where Diep should have won blindfolded?



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